Press Releases
Press Release
August 1, 2012
"The House of Representatives just took a vote and we had an opportunity to pass President Obama's middle income tax cut.
Press Release
August 1, 2012
"Today, the House again made it clear that the United States will use every tool at our disposal to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon."
Press Release
August 1, 2012
"We have an opportunity to relieve some of the uncertainty that exists in our economy as to how we're going to pay the bills and how America's working families are going to pay the bills."
Press Release
August 1, 2012
"Keeping loving families together, particularly in cases in which one partner or spouse is a U.S. citizen, should be a priority for immigration enforcement."
Press Release
August 1, 2012
"Today, House Republicans have irresponsibly set into motion the default of the United States Postal Service for the first time in history."
Press Release
July 31, 2012
"Today's ruling marks another historic step forward in the fight for equality for LGBT Americans. This decision demonstrates a clear message from federal courts across the country: it is time to relegate DOMA to the dustbin of history."
Press Release
July 31, 2012
Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi delivered testimony today at a House Rules Committee hearing on tax cut legislation being introduced in the House.
Press Release
July 31, 2012
"The announcement of a framework to prevent a government shutdown is a good start; now comes the hard work of filling in the details."
Press Release
July 30, 2012
"Forty-seven years ago, Democrats created Medicare and Medicaid; over nearly half a century, we have sustained them; now and into the future, we will protect them."
Press Release
July 27, 2012
"We have an obligation to be innovative and courageous in our thinking. Where there is scientific opportunity, we have a moral obligation to fund it. Where there are people in need of drugs and care, communities in need of protection, we have a moral obligation to provide it. And where there is discrimination, we have a moral obligation to continue to fight it."